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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies published in Radiology

From: Has the quality of reporting improved since it became mandatory to use the Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy?

Characteristic

All Articles (n = 66), n (%)

2015 (n = 39), n (%)

2019 (n = 27), n (%)

Publication year a

 

39 (59)

27 (41)

Mode of data collection

 

Retrospective

32 (48)

16 (41)

16 (59)

Prospective

34 (52)

23 (59)

11 (41)

Study design

Case control

9 (14)

5 (13)

4 (15)

Cohort

57 (86)

34 (87)

23 (85)

Citation rate (median split)b

Infrequently

33 (50)

21 (54)

12 (44)

Frequently

33 (50)

18 (46)

15 (56)

  1. Unless otherwise indicated, data are numbers of studies and data in parentheses are percentages
  2. a2015: STARD (Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy) recommended; 2019: STARD mandatory
  3. bInfrequently < 0.56 citations/month; Frequently ≥ 0.56 citations/month